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Stonehenge is a prehistoric World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England, built between 3100 BC and 1550 BC. It consists of a henge with standing stones arranged in circles, and its construction occurred in three stages involving the digging of ditches and the erection of massive stone pillars. The purpose of Stonehenge remains unclear, but it may have served as a calendar or astronomical observatory, aligning with solstices and potentially predicting eclipses.

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Geography

Stonehenge is a prehistoric World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England, built between 3100 BC and 1550 BC. It consists of a henge with standing stones arranged in circles, and its construction occurred in three stages involving the digging of ditches and the erection of massive stone pillars. The purpose of Stonehenge remains unclear, but it may have served as a calendar or astronomical observatory, aligning with solstices and potentially predicting eclipses.

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Stone henge

By Roain
What is it ?
Stonehenge is
a prehistoric World Heritage Site.
It is eight miles (13 kilometers)
north
of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.
It was built between 3100 BC and
1550 BC, and was in use until
the Bronze age. The monument is
made of a henge, with standing
stones in circles. It is probably
the most important
prehistoric monument in the
whole of Britain, and has
attracted visitors from very early
times.
How was it it built ?
• The first stage started around 3100 BC. During this
stage, people dug a circular ditch and a ring of 56
pits, known as Aubrey Holes.
• The second stage started around 2100 BC. During
this stage, the Stonehenge builders brought
huge pillars of rocks from Southwestern Wales and
erected them into circles around the centre of the
site. This double circle was never completed, and it
was dismantled during the third period of
construction.
• The final stage probably ended before 1500 BC.
During this period, the monument was remodelled.
Its builders erected a circle of 30 upright stones,
weighing up to 50 tons each, capped by ring of
stone lintels.
STONE HENGE
Why was it made?
• No one knows who built Stonehenge or why they built it.
During the summer solstice , the lines up with some of
the stones in a particular way. This suggests that the
arrangement of stones may work as a calendar.
In Egypt and South America , similar
ancient structures can be found. They also show the
time of the solstice .
• Some scientists believe that early people were able to
foretell eclipse of the sun and the moon based on their
positions in relation to the stone monument.

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